Chris Hedges 'America: The Farewell Tour' | Town Hall Seattle

[@elviajove8289]

THE most important intellectual of our time. Hedges is an outstanding example of a true human being! 💚

[@danielasteierer6135]

Per C. Hedges, that intellectual is Noam Chomsky.. I concur..love listening to both

[@Scathingly]

How inspirational can a man possibly be??!! Although not a religious person I have for him the utmost respect in just so many ways. Chris Hedges is one who honours and even more, practices his values which who of any inner substance can possibly deny. To be honest, I am in awe of this man in terms of his intellect, his understanding of history, his determination and strength to stand up for what is right, but beyond everything else, his courage against all odds is profound. And yet, even though there are in excess of 248,000,000 adults in the U.S. this video has in two some odd years garnered only 18,000 viewers of whom only 48 have even bothered to comment.

[@donahuetim7558]

Ann, you are so very very correct in everything you said. Chris Hedges is a giant for justice. The human race is blessed to have this man at this time and we are so lucky to hear him speak in real time. Yes, amount of views garnered for this speech is shocking, which I think you meant to say. That's why we must send Chris' speeches to as many people as we can. Long live Chris Hedges, a giant for justice and peace.

[@jollyrogercrest663]

Such a succinct point and I'm only heard of him thanks for an algorithm I have been training not to feed me right wing rhetoric and hate. It took years and now I'm finding videos of Chris from 8 YEARS AGO. I didn't know they were that old till after the talk as it was so relevant. Really a system shock of a person and this is coming from an agnostic.

[@Scathingly]

@@jollyrogercrest663 - Well, we certainly are in the same camp vis-a-vis religiosity which is rife with right wing rhetoric and hate. You nailed that one, too. Why they don't recognize their own hypocrisy is waaaay beyond my understanding. We here in Canada mostly fear the election results if the Democrats are unable to get the poll numbers up into the stratosphere to decimate this current administration no matter what tricks they pull to skew the vote. Mind you, the Democrats including Biden, Pelosi and others are no street angels. Still, I was saddened to learn that Mr. Hedges plans on voting Green Party. IMESHO, splitting the liberal minded vote at this point is a self-defeating strategy. But then, Mr. Hedges is nothing but consistent in his values Moreover, I'd be a fool not to know that he's much more astute, learned, and experienced than I could ever be, so somewhat reluctantly, I must give a pass to this beautiful human being, not so secretly hoping that few others follow suit. There! A fine example of talking out both sides of one's mouth. The other thing I don't understand is that there are, in fact, a bountiful number of Americans who are socially liberal minded and have among their number people who have the brain power, the skill, and the ethics to get the U.S. out of its present quagmire. And yet Trump ends up as President. There truly is something putrid going on behind closed doors which we plebes are most decidedly not privy to. But, don't get me wrong, we've made some disastrous moves when "we" voted in Mulroney and Harper--both caused immeasurable harm to our social safety system during their terms of office. Obviously, we have our fair share of arm-dragging, non-discerning, non-thinking Neanderthals in our own camp. Bosh on the lot of them whichever side of the border they hail from. I read somewhere (source not remembered) that socially liberal voters far outnumber the Neanderthals but for any number of reasons don't bother to vote. If that trend continues into this upcoming election, we in the West are goners!!! I apologize for going on at such length, saying probably nothing you and other like-minded individuals don't already know. How I do get exercised over this issue I certainly hope the American people at large take this upcoming election seriously. Ultimately, so many lives are at stake, so I'm hoping that "our" side turns out in droves. Thanks so much for commenting and for "finding" Chris Hedges, truly a man of great integrity and wisdom.

[@jollyrogercrest663]

@@Scathingly fabulous comment and really thought provoking, even if I knew alot of it prior it's good for reinforcement for matters as complicated as these. Chris has in a way convinced me to, maybe, persue to be an activist campaigner. But with so many causes including but not limiting to climate change, where I would rather called it a climate catastrophe, anti corporate, equality there are so many to choose. As I think about it more. I feel the choice I think matters the most is campaigning against misinformation and soft language on matters that are critical to survival I never heard of Chris till last week, but I knew Chomsky, Malcolm x and King. Which really makes me wonder....why, im 30 and moving back to Ireland this week due to the rise of right wing facism in the UK which is scaring my family. a few months ago It came to my knowledge that a person whom I went to school with in Ireland is currently the leader of an independent alt far right religious nationalist, which absolutely left me agasped. My home in Ireland is about as remote as you could imagine, this shocked me. How did this happen? Facism is not being spread by pamphlets like communism did with the labor movements in Liverpool and Birmingham and the northern towns of the UK after the first world war, it is in KZbin comments like this and closed Facebook groups. I have watched some of the videos live streams and the straw man arguments and language used is inciteful. Dog whistling all the way through. How do we solve this? People living in their ponds absorbing any truth that's fed to them. Different cardinal truthes neither clashing nor meshing, nobody is invalidated but nobody is right. A world being engulfed with truth. I think this will be the killing stroke. I always knew it, but I feel Chris confirmed it. I hope some people can stop this. His idea of the daughters of hope are courage and anger (paraphrasing) but I think that is really reassuring and for that I'll always be thankful. I can breathe now, even if it's just a little

[@Scathingly]

@@jollyrogercrest663 Wow! You are the hope of tomorrow but I don't envy the task that lies ahead of you and other like minded individuals of your generation. You are doing your homework which unfortunately, so many aren't. More to the point, you're using your brain to sift through so much of the misinformation that too many take for the truth at face value. But, it is hard, arduous and a no way easy endeavour. There simply is too much group think; independent thinking and astute observation are becoming lost arts. All one need do is check out the curriculum of our schools and how subjects are taught to realize that learning how to think is not even in the mix. Most of history taught in schools is a crock and it is rarely if ever critiqued in any kind of meaningful way--if at all. History of other countries is not considered important never mind its accuracy. Geography? Whatever is that? But consumerism? Now, that we have mastered and we've become hamstrung by it. You're right, there are so many CRITICAL issues that must be addressed and carefully assessed. Wherever to begin. As yours spins at the daunting task ahead, mind does too. I wish you the very best--such an effete comment knowing what is ahead of you. Have so enjoyed conversing with you.

[@albwilso9]

This lecture is so incredible, it is hard to say how much. You should give this talk all over the US!

[@WesT-ge2jh]

Stumbled upon Chris Hedges through TikTok of all things and I’m blown away!

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

This video is an absolute must watch for every human being

[@albwilso9]

My son was assign Zinn’s People History of the US, and gave it to me . My son helped me more than I ever helped him to learn about this country!

[@RFKjrForPres]

This guy has balls of steel! How he hasn't been killed yet by the monsters he talks against is absolutely amazing.

[@jakewebb7995]

I feel like just becoming a mini chris myself. Never seen combat but ive seen enough TS messages to know the CIA aint fucking around.

[@tee5634]

As long as he doesn't speak against the Ghew Zionist he is cool.

[@doctorae724]

He hasn't been killed yet because those "monsters" know that the American public is so caught up in Hedonism and Narcissisim that they will happily reject/ridicule people like him through character assassination without their aid. Truth? SHAME on him!!!

[@samcarter2371]

He actually has balls made of flesh; what he might have is a touch of courage.

[@aggravatedprogressive7443]

His noteriety is his safety, I hope.

[@carlossemedo8086]

Mr. Chris Hedges : God Bless You, for telling the truths🙏

[@catnekokotyonok5180]

My goodness! Now this man deserves a Nobel Peace prize and so, so much more! Reverend Hedges, sir, your talk (posted here) is so, so moving; it's my sincere hope that many more people will be able to listen & pay heed to your words. Perhaps we'd then have that chance at changing our trajectory via Peaceful Civil Disobedience. Thank you for making truth-telling ( & bringing a world-class education to those who would otherwise not have it) your life 's work ! ✌ & ❤ from 😽

[@0649Hayes]

Had eyes way ahead of anyone's views. Just take a look at some of the comments below and realize how very ignorant so many are, and yet feel intelligent because they know how to show their ignorance! The FALL is coming for us all, and they have no way out.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

I'm so thankful I found this brilliant truth-teller. Now I can add him to my list of other brave, indefatigable truth-tellers both on and off KZbin.

[@nomorefossilfuelinfrastruc5567]

I'd like to see your list please 🙏🏼

[@zacht2806]

He's off KZbin now. Truth dying every day

[@munhumutapa1330]

The world is desperate for voices likes Hedges. Speaking truth to power without fear or favour

[@paulinebyrne7799]

Brilliant. I so admire Chris Hedges. Thankyou for your caring.

[@judithalltop3953]

Keep telling them Chris. Yours is the best voice explaining to my fellow Americans what's happening to our country, to our world! I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@MmeRougarou]

“Jesus didn’t come to make us rich.” Well said

[@patriziacasagrande3833]

He came to play a round of golf.

[@TheLegenDacster]

A genuine journalist and an immensely wonderful human being. It is possible, bravo and thank you Chris.

[@jimmielittle4414]

"If they get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers"

[@peterhooper2643]

Who said that

[@dinnerwithfranklin2451]

Oh that is very very good. I will use it myself with respect to whomever said it

[@crungefactory]

Pynchon

[@欧清波]

They play the old game of divide and conquer, redirecting the problems, blame others and if there's no evidence, they cook up fake evidence. (Iraq, China, Iran, etc...) They keep you busy with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. That's how US fool the world and their citizens.

[@kr50401]

@@欧清波 Covid…

[@roxydina7615]

Man of integrity.

[@DavidHernandez-ho8lb]

Chris Hedges for President!!!

[@petestanton1945]

gonna need a democracy 1st

[@michaelschneider2874]

I have been alive for 74 years now and I have witnessed and have been a victim of and to despair ! I have witnessed the death of the dream of what was the ideal , that was America . America has been killed by need , want , despair , poverty , fear ? And now we set one upon the other ! To preserve and protect the US Dollar ! What's your life worth ?

[@selah71]

I'm just a few years younger than you and I certainly understand feeling despair because I went through that too, but for different reasons. As for the craziness and changes happening in the USA, sometimes it feels overwhelming to me. But this country has been through trials, changes and wars since before the Boston Tea, even a Civil War which was horrific, and always gets through intact. I don't know about you, but I realized all I really can do is vote, pray and trust God. (I'm not a religious person but I do love God.) I hope you're feeling better.

[@pguru9613]

Aq

[@avedic]

My life? Personally? 24 bucks. Can I borrow $24? I'll pay you back....I swear. Kidding aside......my life is worth nothing and everything to me. And I think that's the point.

[@catnekokotyonok5180]

@@avedic Just so, my friend! ✌ & ❤

[@marymccabe5829]

I am 63 I agree. I said recently capitalism is not working

[@anthonykimball7463]

Who's watching this in 2020?

[@killbigtechskillbigfakesbanks]

Doesn’t matter true is timeless and relevant whenever you hear.

[@tinfoilhat6392]

🤙 me. october 12th, 2020. *sigh*

[@aaronsalentine7876]

Me!

[@hollydowns2279]

Me and I am not an educated woman ! I am 57 and my views are in line with this scholar ! Amazing ! btw I am ADHD

[@marymccabe5829]

I am

[@artoaco]

Thank you Chris for your wisdom. Light destroys the darkness. Truth will win. We are all parts of the miracle.🌼🌺🌸

[@IMSiegfried]

In this talk, Chris gave us a fantastic list of books to read.

[@caleerrebo9723]

I literally tweeted this. I need to re-listen and start writing all these books down

[@bootszarawalken9987]

Yes. I've been keeping a list as I listened.

[@jenniferbringman9054]

Wow! Chris Hedges is so brave to make statements to take down corporate power!

[@coronaphone710]

Good luck taxing the rich with 90% after scrapping the gold standard and save the economy. Money is fake but the existence of value is still real though. I hope a.i will solve stuff, and a revolution in energy, managing resources and housing will come and change the present situation for a better tomorrow for everyone on this tiny fragile planet. And I hope we will keep some our freedoms we now still have, but actually don't already. But i'm getting old at a mature age of 37, I lost most of them in my opinion over the course of a generation.

[@elliemccarthy3487]

Chris hedges is incredible , he teaches in prisons & lost his job by telling the truth about about the Iraq war ..

[@lerayeason]

I loved this!! Thank you so much for the enlightenment!!

[@victortatevosyan4001]

I wish Mr. Hedges would narrate his audiobooks. He has such passionate delivery when he lectures I think he would be great at speaking his message.

[@IMSiegfried]

"I was there at Standing Rock. There were mercenaries with kevlar vests and no identification." Sound familiar to the protests of today? (2020- George Floyd and the class war)

[@IMSiegfried]

trump's use of the military against protesters in DC is when they stopped having identification on their uniforms.

[@sherryburrows2252]

@@IMSiegfried They've been doing it at pipeline protests as well. I've seen footage of them at Standing Rock. They are said to be mercenaries in the pay of the pipeline corporations in those protests. They showed up at Occupy Wall$treet as well, obviously in the pay of Wall$treet. Here, the only question is who is signing the checks, and the obvious answer is AgolfTwitler. How the money is being routed to give him and everyone else who needs it plausible deniability is just a detail. I've been researching all this for a while and the likeliest source of mercenaries willing to shoot at American civilians is Erik Prince (brother to Education Sec, who knows nothing whatsoever about education and was handed her Cabinet position for donations and other favors from her family) secret army that hires itself out for pay, and has no ideology beyond money. They acquire their personnel from soldiers as they are deploying home from the middle east, especially if they have especially useful skills, like sniping, explosives, special operations, you get the drift. Only then they get to use their skills for really attractive pay and benefits packages. Can you imagine some poor f*cker who has just been told that after he was promised a green card and a path toward citizenship for standing up as cannon fodder that the government is now going back on its word, his family has already been deported to some country they've never lived in, and instead of going home and reuniting with them, he is being sent to an altogether different country that he's never lived in and maybe doesn't even know the language? Think that makes him "love" America? And someone comes along, offers him a job using the skillset the USArmy taught him, maybe even against that Army itself, or civilians from the country that f*cked him over? For ten times what the Army was paying him? They can give him a place to live in any European or Commonwealth nation, bring his family back from wherever they've been disappeared to, and he just has to perform missions now and then. How much do you think he cares about what the president or the head of the CIA or the head of joint chiefs have to say about anything? The one thing that the orange moron has been incredibly good at is picking which propaganda messages to point at which audience. We are standing on a precipice of ice, and it is cracking and breaking underneath us. The rest of the world wants nothing at all to do with us and except for Putin and his henchmen, we have no allies at all, since we've shut down every trade agreement, violated every treaty, disrespected every nation that was on our list of friends. Having a professional victim as a prez doesn't really work very well at all when he wants to translate his schoolyard coward-bully tantrums to every one of our allies. He thinks they are "taking advantage of us"--the same thing he used to complain about when he was a slumlord in NYC, eh? "They're picking on me!" "Germany and England aren't paying their fair share of NATO costs?" Have you ever heard of negotiating changes, Mr. Let's-Make-A-Deal? No, your first go-to is whining like a little baby and your second is pointing nukes at our allies. Can any on you imagine that would have happened if this fuckwad had been behind the wheel during the Cuban Missile Crisis? The capital of the nation would have been in Denver since 1963, since the entire southeast of the nation up to about Pennsylvania and back to west Texas would still be a radioactive hellscape.

[@a.larson2125]

@@IMSiegfried Neoliberalism is definitely on both sides. You want to know who paid for mercenaries, strategically planted skids of bricks used by paid protesters to destruct, look at George Soros and the rest of the dirt that buy politicians and policies. Soros was a bloody NAZI at age fourteen, proud of it and came to the USA to do exactly the same thing he and his Nazis did to Poland, destroy the country from the inside out. Pieces of shit like this should have been extradited decades ago but oh no, people love to over consume in capitalism which is fine and dandy until the fascists and Neoliberals love to take everything away and watch the towns and then the cities rot from within. What's most sad and ignorant is most people don't have the sense, wit, intellect nor honest integrity or courage to look in the mirror and admit they too are nothing more than immigrants. Why does anyone wonder why the UN and the W.H.O. propagate a world wide BS Corona Virus? Fauchi and Gates vaccine is the same Neoliberal vaccine that's already killed, sterilized and paralyzed millions of people of ALL ages in Africa and India. Anyone can take this fact to the bank. Gates: "Population must get to near zero." Think they can bomb and shoot populations down to that without a civil war, which there will be one shortly or commit the world genocide by way of vaccine and 5G? I would bet on the latter. Unless there is massive moral revolts against the wealth dictating the next 30 years of mass murder everyone can kiss their children and grandchildren good bye and everyone can be assured the remaining 500 million to max 1 billion from the 7 billion WILL BE USED as they were in the hunger games. The ONE Ominous God gave every single person a mind, to use. The entire USA Army and every Police Force should be fighting against this TRYANNY. Arm Chair Critics avail nothing. A moral uprising as was seen during the Arab Spring may be the last chance for the American Empire before it falls and it all crumbles to the earth.

[@jimmielittle4414]

@@a.larson2125 Is this original or can you cite source? Thanks!

[@michelemcguire8995]

BLM n ANTIFA are bowel movements

[@alliekay2633]

couldn't agree more Chris, you're a great speaker too, God bless x

[@housekeeping3561]

Chris Hedges is America's Vaclav Havel. Hedges for President

[@noIMspartacus2]

Another sane and intelligent voice in the wilderness... To quote Don McLean's 'Vincent' "Now, I think I know what you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free They would not listen, they're not listening still Perhaps they never will..."

[@petestanton1945]

Nice call!

[@jenniferbringman9054]

“The nomination was stolen from Bernie.” Love it.

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

"Politics is the entertainment division of the Military - Industrial complex"- Frank Zappa

[@ardesliini]

I know what Zappa means by politics: 'Two senile talking heads in suits, pick one'. But I think this is only the way politics work under extremely unequal societies. I hope a new more personal type of politics will replace and obsolete the farcical kind, taking us from the current mess to something remotely workable

[@mariawatkins8385]

PPPpplp

[@vickishook9715]

Precision

[@cragger9358]

@David Dolezal do you support paid antagonizers burning looting falling historical statues and violence? Beating people on college campuses hauling people in restaurants etc, explain your use of serious , good or bad. I believe the is extremely bad they are hard core bullies and supported by Dems right then its Trumps fault. Why is Radley a clown? DADO, your new name, lol. no joking please explain.

[@yandunker4273]

Its more than entertaintment only.

[@JamieNixx]

Now, 1/6 children are going to bed hungry. Chris is prophetic

[@dasssjam7413]

Thank u, Mr Chris hedges is good to hearing a real human speaking, in these mad world, i love you all humankind, love is the key, my love regards.

[@clovisra]

I am from Brazil and you are my brother.

[@JaredAllaway]

I totally love Town Hall Seattle. I need to get to more of their in person stuff when in person stuff starts happening again. I love the image of the inside out umbrella. Chris Hedges is amazing.

[@anilkapahi8788]

He has made this case so many times and now he is saying it in the simplest terms: it is getting late in the game and if we don't do something soon we may be done for. Even if you don't want to listen to the whole talk, listen to everything after 1:06:00

[@westsidegranny6100]

We are done for. Its over....sad but true and look who won....they can afford to leave....

[@AndreasDelleske]

@@westsidegranny6100 let them leave, this is not about specific assholes. It’s about a money reset to say the least.

[@hanshencke4978]

Resolve. That's something I'm coming to appreciate about Chris Hedges. I aspire to do the same.

[@stevekaragiannis6551]

A great man thanks for being a voice For us

[@paulinebyrne7799]

One amazing man, our conscience, we must listen and act❤

[@anthonyreyes8868]

It’s insane hedges called the fracking bubble back then and in 2020 it has bursted

[@petestanton1945]

Once you've figured out the overall system (fraud), specifics fall in line. Bitcoin, real estate, cars, healthcare, etc?

[@RehanKhan-fn2vn]

Chris Hedges is one of the few unsung heroes of our time. The reason he is not killed is because he is marginalised by the imperial media, and in "their" calculation he is small potatoes and does not have the power to make big changes. Now that more amd more people are paying attention to him, he recently said that social media companies are manipulating algorithims to limit his lectures and articles from reaching the masses.

[@judithalltop3953]

His audience could help reach more people with his truths by saving his lectures and forwarding them to everyone they know.

[@olafslartibartfast5248]

Chris Hedges touched my heart. Very impressive.

[@jesseescamilla6918]

This is a man of conviction and yes a servant of Jesus very learned in history as well as current affairs god is no respecter of persons ,although he takes care of his elect

[@albwilso9]

Incredible !!!!

[@hudson8865]

Thank you.

[@montehammons7917]

Such wisdom brings tears to my eyes. Life is not a battle of good vs. evil, it is great evil smothering a smal act of human kindness. And the thologian Paul Tillich saying even the church has a demonic side- brutal honesty.

[@Beegee1952]

Currently reading “America: The Farewell Tour.” So far spot on and right in line with what I have experienced.

[@huazhang8306]

Professor Hedges is a legend!

[@zenaidacamba3891]

Hope -is there is God that will help us along the way never give up the fight is hope 🙏 Believe "With God all things are possible "

[@mb4782]

Hope that God gives us the intellectual fortitude and spiritual strength. To have the sublime guided righteous ferocity partaking in benign civil disobedience. Such as in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Prayer was the spritual impetus to partake in active civil disobedience. Against all the odds of historic brutal murderous White armed outnumbered with draconian methodologies. Not sitting in the succor at home circumscribed to sitting quietly reading biblical strictures. Without sublime assertive public passive resistance against and outnumbered by a wicked murderous majority.

[@karensummers761]

Thank you Chris Hedges, I bought your, it's great!!

[@chris.hartliss]

"I'm calling for revolution. I will spell it out for homeland security." Lol

[@Antreus]

In my stumbling across the internet over the last 10 years this word anomie has flitted about my writing, journals, and discourse. It is refreshing to see a scholar of the Classics. We've lost so much by not remembering that they are foundational to understanding our societies.

[@buckchile614]

I used that word(anomie) in an essay I once wrote, and my sister/editor suggested that I shouldn't use words like that because most people don't understand it. There's some truth to that. It depends on the audience. If your audience is a captive one, use it.

[@michaeltillman886]

It should not be about we, them, us, or the people. It should be about the globe on which we live, period. We're all on this satellite; Also known as the earth. And, trust me. There is only one way off so far. It's time we make our home livable for everything and everyone on it. Peace!

[@ianwoodywoodwoof345]

That last statement about the 14 year old student made me cry man. Chris is such an eloquent speaker and truth to power teller!

[@willharper5095]

Sheldon Wolin, Noam Chomsky, et cetera, thank you, Chris Hedges, for carrying the torch forward..

[@westsidegranny6100]

Chris Hedges is our hope.

[@westsidegranny6100]

But, JESSEE VENTURA is not a band aid. He is also a source of immediate hope. Please consider him.. .

[@Born_Into_This]

Pretty sure he's not carrying water for Noam Chomsky

[@IMSiegfried]

@@Born_Into_This Did you not hear him mention being asked to write the forward in Noam's book & Chris saying, "I've arrived."?

[@bing4126]

EW CRINGE

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

He repeats a lot of parts in his speeches, word for word. That's what I get for fully watching 6 chris hedges videos in a row

[@eileenmc4746]

thank god he does because us Americans are slow learners

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Lol that's ok. I'm doing that right now.

[@dingusdingus2152]

You do what you gotta do to get your message across

[@dingusdingus2152]

The only thing annoying about him is his use of his glasses as a prop, taking them on and off over and over

[@petestanton1945]

@@dingusdingus2152 he thought he needed his notes but he didn't

[@buckchile614]

My father sat in one of those buses that rung the WH during his breaks as a Police Officer.

[@gwayne919]

Never a disappointment to hear Chris speak about what we need to be informed about. Sure it's depressing but it's true and we need to save ourselves from those who will do everything they can to take it all for themselves and leave us in terrible straits with few ways out when they control everything even the government who they have made into millionaires without even suffering a guilty conscience over the graft that is a lot less than they plunder, poison or pollution that they have created while laughing all the way to the bank.

[@svjetlangavranich3890]

A truth speaking human being.

[@yurikendal4868]

I need to go over this dude's reading list

[@marymccabe5829]

I'm headed out to the bookstore

[@lovely_lisa1228]

Me too!!

[@thebiowatchlist]

American Fascists was great. Preachy as always, but he was a preacher. Very interesting though.

[@josephtraficanti689]

While some may say the turn around started with the inauguration of Reagan, why not move it to an Earlier date. The turn around began 11-22-1963.

[@josephtraficanti689]

Set up a tax free religion. Use solar power. Grow food on a farm. Preach religion and nonviolence. Give food to needy people. Set up a Go Fund Me. Invite members to join. They donate some time and get some pay for physical needs. Have medical people in the religious sect take care of the members. Hey, it's better than this guy pushing The MAGIC Orange Kool Aid. Work on it. The ship is sinking.

[@petestanton1945]

JFK wanted the same thing as Lincoln, a national public bank 4 tha peeps

[@christinestill5002]

Wonder what Hedges says about the Pandemic & Race demonstrations summer of 2020? Prophetic?

[@armandotomlinson4541]

Watching this after the Taliban took over Kabul in under a week really says something

[@gregorywilson2124]

Chris gave such a strong response as to why he is on RT

[@chichi6796]

They "prayed" (preyed) on people's despair. It always befuddled me how a group of people could be so myopic.

[@82892869hi]

@Radley2612 fool.

[@InternetMameluq]

34:00: Listening to Dr. Hedges talk about prison for the first time, I have an epiphany: is an easy path to victory working with the incarcerated to awaken them?

[@rayre3617]

Having had some experience working for the incarcerated on a volunteer basis, I learned the incarcerated who are awakened are fewer than those who are ”whoked.” Yours is a great thought and many have tried and are trying, but it’s like bailing water out of a leaking boat; and, yet, we are obliged to keep up the fight.

[@InternetMameluq]

@@rayre3617 Thanks for the feedback.

[@averayugen1371]

They are awakening everyone else.

[@robertsias7107]

We could all learn something from this testimony

[@atawmicpm]

You're my hero. How can I help? I hear you saying get off social media, do something real. But what is that?

[@Lyra0966]

In the wake of the George Floyd protests and the increasingly brutal police response Hedges words seem all the more prophetic.

[@helene420]

He would crush any gop clown in a debate. I love his adjectives of Trump: ghoul, vile, monstrosity... "The classic con artist that rises up out of decayed state."

[@alysa7364]

All politicians are clowns.

[@petestanton1945]

@@alysa7364 not funny anymore

[@targeted4truthjahsun]

Christopher Hedges is inspiring and his clarity and prescience are proven since he predicted Trump( a demagogue) would rise if we continued on the the path of destroying ourselves by continued regards me change wars and CORPORATE OLIGARCHY.

[@masque2760]

I love American culture, and Canadian design!! Its nice to be an immigrant, even though I know we have all these problems!!!

[@DT7w8]

I don't know whether to be hopeful or to be scared but this lecture is useful information to see what's happening behind the scenes. It betrays itself that somehow mankind has goodness in them as we know evil is abound. The only way to live is to know that we live in a universe that God created and he is coming back to collect his own. Real good comes from believing him. This world will end and life starts again but in a different kingdom.

[@robertfelts8773]

The first 10 minutes of this is great

[@jeanvaljean4093]

Truth is difficult to hear....”things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;...innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity....and what rough beast , it’s hour come around at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Yeats

[@sharonnoble3877]

Jean Valjean Hear, hear

[@sherryburrows2252]

That quote has been used a lot in the very recent past. I'm putting together a list of books that must be read to understand the apocalypse. I hadn't thought of Yates, but he should be on there as well...

[@juneshahin6169]

From the comments I have seen, there is no hope for your country. People need basic literacy and education.

[@shanejohns7901]

The ease by which Christianity can morph into polar opposites should be enough for anyone who is sensible to seriously question the religion's fundamentals. Thankfully people such as Robert Price and Richard Carrier exist to explain the con of Christianity. I can also personally recommend Lena Einhorn's 'A Shift in Time: How Historical Documents Reveal the Surprising Truth about Jesus.'

[@juneshahin6169]

Dearest Chris I am worried about you and your safety. Please do not jeopardise your safety.

[@rjs5389]

A loud farewell indeed ...

[@kcuzz4091]

Yeah, I voted for Bernie and he was definitely screwed.

[@petestanton1945]

No M4A just b4 the plandemic, what a coincidence

[@johnmorrow4719]

Wow. I gotta listen.

[@truthseeking1026]

Too much hate. People like this Chris Hedges show up every 70 years.

[@Beegee1952]

He is a realist and sadly that includes all the ills of mankind. Man is inherently self-centered which results in every manner of abuse (self and each other.)

[@Voe198]

COMMON SENSE

[@JoanneGWoods]

The Giant has awakened due in part by the truth being spoken ACROSS the country and like a Flood there is no Levy strong enough to hold it back. Too many years of abuse of being held down has Awakened The Sleeping Giant.

[@jeffsartadventure3634]

Chris speaks at 12:00

[@MaggieTheCat01]

Chris speaks at 2:12.

[@Uncommon5en5e]

I'm so glad that I have found this Vein on KZbin between this guy and Tom Hartmann I am in absolute anti oligarch heaven

[@arlenehutchinson9259]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@summerroy3111]

hero

[@CreativeSuggestions]

I feel like crawling into a cave with a bunch of Buddhist monks and meditating until the end of the world arrives, hoping that my prayers can help in some way. We appear to live in a time when the Left believes in the efficacy of the scientific method for navigating Empirical reality, the Right does not, and Centrists try to meet the two halfway. We had such great hopes a couple of years ago. Perhaps we will stave off the end of the world; perhaps I can help.

[@LadyRebecca363]

Thank you for the good morning laughter, i sooo relate ! (giggles) only now we can't travel to the Monks ....so? We ill have to form our own groups of meditation...here ever two or more are gathered, there is great Power, mindfully. namaste

[@42Mrgreenman]

I think Carl Sagan put it best, "We accepted the products of science, but rejected it's methods."

[@Augfordpdoggie]

Left is equally responsible

[@petestanton1945]

@@42Mrgreenman its

[@Newton14alan]

It will be interesting to see what the wealthiest Americans do once we reach the end-stages of our "democracy", and our country is no longer capable of meeting its own needs. P.S. -- I realize that, technically, we're already there...but I'm referring to the level of decay that even the most right-wing people can no longer deny.

[@b.s.roberts6664]

Unreal ❤WOW

[@kitchensecrets7482]

Here Chris is a virtuoso! he has reached / become a virtuoso in what he is or dose . Maestro,Adept ,Doyen,Veteran,the Muse,he's at that place of doing /and practicing a long time (25 years or more to achieve) where every note,move,sculpt ,seasoning is apart and top class. I'm saying we are seeing " one and apart" ! He stands alone in what he's doing . Like the only Stradivarius. I think he's where -THE AUDIENCE IS ON THE STAGE AND HE"S THE ONLY ONE ON THE QUESTION LINE AND MIC. IN HIS TALKS (or most ) HE MUST ASK THE AUDIENCE THE QUESTIONS ! THE AGE RANGE OF PEOPLE GOING TO SEE HIM GO RIGHT OUT AND IMBIBE IN THE VERY THING HE SO MASTERFULLY IS EXPRESSING AND SHOWING ! "THEY GO TO WORSHIP AND WHEN DONE GO OUT AND DO THE OPPOSITE , THEIR OPPOSITIONISTS ALL RIGHT ! THEY DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY JUST LEARNED ! THEIR HOOKED ON PLASTIC < CHEMICALS

[@robmiller1964]

Seriously accurate! Thank you Chris! And the USA is the leader or now non leader of the the Western World; Germany, UK, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and we need to get this sorted! USA get your silly shiiiiite together!

[@ronmizell]

He’s seen it all. Trump built Atlantic City with the use of a relief valve. Chapter11 . A lot of small businesses got clobbered over the head. Settling for a loss with no protection($$$)

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

MY PRESIDENT

[@lawsonj39]

Simply subjecting yourself to abuse by the state through mass civil disobedience isn't a coherent plan. "The tyranny of the practical" is one thing; not putting forth a specific political agenda and hoping that your martyrdom might mystically restore "the good" is quite another.

[@jeffreylorien6687]

Well, a national strike is a focused idea. That's the kind of thing he is referring to

[@georgewatts6221]

What are the people to do when chris and those like him are no longer around. I suspect we're taking youtubes freedom for granted and should probably be recording this material in some way for the future generations to come. Social media was already too much for them to handle, obviously.

[@paxwallace8324]

"Once you have an Oligarchy your choice is between Tyranny or Revolution". Aristotle

[@The_jenn_diagram]

How can I get in contact with Chris to apply to do his PowerPoint?!?

[@AndreasDelleske]

Talking and listening even works when power is out.

[@manchuratt8900]

I remember reading Nickel and Dime as a kid. Truly as eye opening book.